Avery Weems
Hub City salvages a rough day for rangers' Affiliates
The Rangers' Affiliates combined to go 1-2 on Sunday, July 6. The Round Rock Express game got rained out, so that was the reason for only three games being played. Hickory Crawdads The Hickory Crawdads suffered a big loss as they fall to the Kannapolis Ballers (White Sox) 9-2. It was a rough start for David Hagaman, he allowed four runs on two hits in 1.2 innings while allowing two walks and struck out two. All of the damage came in the second inning when he walked a pair while allowing both
RoughRiders Edge Hooks 3-2 with Late Heroics in Game 1
In the top of the 9th with the score tied at 2-2, 24-year-old Luis Mieses launched a 1-2 pitch over the right-center field wall for his third home run of the season, giving the RoughRiders a 3-2 lead. Reliever Avery Weems (S, 1) sealed the victory with a called strike three, securing a 3-2 win over the Hooks. Dominant Pitching Performance Five RoughRiders pitchers combined to allow just five hits, two walks, one earned run, and racked up 13 strikeouts. Skylar Hales (W, 1-1), 23, pitched one
Big game Bradford leads RoughRiders to Championship series
The RoughRiders needed just one more win to advance to the Texas League Championship Series, and they sent the right man to the mound. Big-game Cody Bradford had been dealing prior to the end of the season, and was ready to deliver in a must-win game. The result: a 5-2 RoughRiders win. The RoughRiders are headed to the Texas League Championship Series for the first time since 2012 after Bradford's stellar performance on the mound. Cody Bradford was dominant Bradford was in complete control t
Frisco RoughRiders get their 60th win
It took the Frisco RoughRiders 113 games to get their 60th win of the season. The RoughRiders won 7-4 against the Corpus Christi Hooks and move to 60-53 on the season. They sit 2.5 games behind the 1st place Midland RockHounds in the 2nd half of the season with 25 games left to play. Left-hander Avery Weems got the start for the RoughRiders yesterday. The Hooks countered with right-hander Adrian Chaidez. For Weems, it was his 1st start since July 16th. Weems pitched 4 innings, allowing two ru
Ezequiel Duran leads all of baseball with 21 doubles
Ezequiel Duran continues to be one of the exciting storylines coming out of Frisco this season. As you know, Duran was part of the Joey Gallo trade. His arrival along with Josh Smith and Trevor Hauver gave a pretty big boost to the Rangers farm system. Glenn Otto was also part of the Gallo trade. Duran has really impressed at the plate, making hard contact with the baseball and tonight went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI. Ezequiel Duran leads all of baseball again, this time with 21 double
RoughRiders drop game two against the Hooks
After winning game one on Tuesday, the RoughRiders dropped game two of the series with the Corpus Christi Hooks by a final of 7-5 in front of a crowd of 3,185. The RoughRiders move to 20-15 while the Hooks move to 13-22. Left-hander Avery Weems made his fifth start of the season. It was perhaps his best start of the season. He pitched five innings allowing two earned runs on six hits, one walk and three strikeouts. He threw a total of 71 pitches - 45 for strikes. Ezequiel Duran got the RoughRi